The riots that not only set ablaze our tv screens but also the landmarks of London have come to an end. But after everything; all the violence, all the looting and the quick disregard of society’s morals, we are left …
Posted in Countries/Regions, Current Events, Demonstrations, Economy, Freedom of Speech, General, News and Politics | Tagged london, riots | 3 CommentsTunisian penal code 230 criminalizes homosexual activity with up to three years of imprisonment even if the actual implementation of this law is a very remote possibility. In a famous case in 1993, Tunisian appeal court did not grant a …
Posted in Civil Rights, General, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Sex, Tunisia, Youth | 6 CommentsDear Friends, as some of you might know, members of the Baha’i community in Iran continually face discrimination from the Iranian Government. One of the many adversities faced by Baha’i youth is the inability to attend Post-Secondary Education in Iran. …
Posted in Baha'i Faith, Education, General, Iran, Politics, Youth | Tagged Baha'i, denial, Education, Iran, Khamenei, Religion, republic | 1 CommentAbdulla Hawez Abdulla* When Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Israel by killing innocent children and indignantly walked out from Davos summit, most Arabs craved Erdoğan to be their leader. Turkey during justice and development party or AKP era has altered toward …
Posted in General, Middle East, Turkey | Leave a commentKurds throughout the history struggled to gain their right as all other nations in the region and the world to have its independent state. Kurdish principalities which were the hope of establishing Kurdish state were all collapsed. One of the …
Posted in General, Iran, Kurdistan, Turkey | Tagged History | Leave a commentI’ve been following the protests in the Kurdistan region since the beginning, but when I arrived I missed most of the developments. The problem is that I went to the Kurdistan region not to report, but to finish my MA …
Posted in General | 1 CommentToday it is the fifties day that the demonstration are full active in Sulaymania at the Azadi Square, the Kurdish Autonomous Region in the Northern of Iraq. This area is federally recognized autonomous region since 1992. Since then it is …
Posted in General, Kurdistan | 1 CommentA major attack happened in Tikrit on 29 March. Its likely the attack is a message from Al Qaida against recent reconciliation attempts by the Iraq government.
Posted in General, Iraq | Leave a commentA Wikileaks cable in 2004 suggested that the US PRT mission in Erbil was of the opinion that most Kurds accept the Kurdish parties to curb extremist messages from Imams, but that this sometimes can result in a backlash after …
Posted in General | 1 CommentPoisonous Conversations Nader Houella I was on my way to visit a long-time friend living in Ghazir, Mount Lebanon. Sitting in the back seat of an old Mercedes taxi cab, I was accompanied with 3 other passengers apparently heading towards …
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